Giant TCR Advanced. Love the thing to bits, I ride Sportives fairly regularly and this bike just makes 100 miles seem like nothing.
Picture was taken on my 4S if anyones interested.
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Giant TCR Advanced. Love the thing to bits, I ride Sportives fairly regularly and this bike just makes 100 miles seem like nothing.
Picture was taken on my 4S if anyones interested.
Here is a picture of my Fuji SST i bought a little over a year ago. Unfortunately i haven't been able to ride it much lately between work and school and trying to have even a small social life takes up all my time. I also recently bought a Salsa mountain bike i will post a pic of later.
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Just got done building this last weekend. Leader 722TS Raw.
I'm liking this a lot! Except the saddle
Thanks! I'm not the saddle's biggest fan, but I have rather wide sit-bones and this saddle accommodates my rear comfortably without looking like a silly cruiser seat. I'm looking to pick up a Selle Italia Turbo and try that out in the near future(have to recover from all the money I spent on this setup!).
I personally use the Turbo and even if there is next to n o padding, it is pretty confortable once you break it in!
The Invader by O.Taillon, on Flickr
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This is how I'm rollin'...
Ouch what happened? Did you get hit by a car? I incurred similar damage to my front wheel after I hit a pole at ~7mph. When I got home, I whipped out my spoke wrench and trued it up quite nicely. Don't have a truing stand, so it's not perfect, but it's rideable.
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Here's my bike. It's a K2 Astral 2.0 that I have finetuned to fit me. I flipped the stem, swapped the saddle, chopped the bars down by about 3", added a pair of Shimano PD-M520's, added a rear rack (for commuting), replaced the stock cables with white Jagwire cables, and installed some nice brake pads.
Comparison of the clipless pedals with the stock platforms:
White cables:
Cockpit:
I ride bmx before one year, so I do 'extreme' riding with my hybrid.
I was going to fast and I try to do side bunny hop, and it was unsuccessful...
2009 On-One Inbred 29 rigid single speed
HBC 33t rotor
Just setup my Bronson's (tires) tubeless and awaiting a front Shimano XT ice tech rotor.
Vassago Fisticuff
Setup in monstercross mode while at the trails, is also my road bike.
1997 Trek Mountain Track 800 Sport
My commuter and winter ride.
HBC 33t rotor
Just setup my Bronson's (tires) tubeless and awaiting a front Shimano XT ice tech rotor.
Vassago Fisticuff
Setup in monstercross mode while at the trails, is also my road bike.
1997 Trek Mountain Track 800 Sport
My commuter and winter ride.
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Love this thread, but I want to start road cycling like you all. I go to gym quite often but i think cycling will fill a void. Plus the scenery here in the Lake District is always great motivation to get out and so something. I just wondered what gear you all have. At the moment I have these for running, are they ok for cycling you think? What about computers too? Im saving up for a Trek 1.2 or a Specialized Allez so thats sorted.
Doubtful, they are for running, not for cycling - and the elastic waist will probably get annoying fast. Look at something like Castelli or Santini bib-shorts with a decent jersey over the top. Don't go cheap on those, or you'll pay the price later on.
Specialized Allez should be a great choice. Specialized are nice bikes, and I nearly purchased one. You can go Garmin Edge for computer, but Specialized were at one point offering their own one included with some bikes last year (in Australia at least).
I used to wear drawstring waist cycling shorts, but soon found out the wonders of bibs. I LOVE my bib shorts! My favorite (so far) are the DNA Italico bibs. I also typically wear my jersey that I bought in Israel. It's a Tel Aviv Cycling Club jersey. It's one of my favorite jerseys and was not terribly expensive. It was 150 shekels, or about $45.
This is the most updated picture of my bike:
I added a bunch of white bits to it.
Neat. No damage from the ice-incident to you or the bike?
Right about the bib shorts, nothing tight around the waist, so much more comfortable - less issue with sweat. And let's face it, if you are really hammering along - they will get rather, ahem, nasty. I found the worst thing is the leg grip elastic on some of them is really uncomfortable, Santini seems to be the best in that regard so I've found.
No injury sustained (to the bike). However, I did sustain a bit of bruising. My left ankle is bruised (presumably from unclipping right before I hit the ground and slamming it into my bottle cage) as well as my left hip. Wheels are just as out of true as they were before!
Last time when I crashed, I guess I kicked my seat tube, because the front derailleur was WAY out of alignment. I fixed it with my multitool that I always keep in my saddlebag. I wish I had a helmetcam when I crashed then! Quoted from a post on bikeforums from the day of that crash:
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Luckily (ice-incident and the crash previous to it), I fell on the left side of my bike, so no damage to the drivetrain! I don't really have a problem with the chamois getting nasty because it is so dry here in Colorado. My Nashbar bib shorts with a gel chamois does however have that problem. Worst $20 I've ever spent towards bike apparel.
Your over on Bikesforums too, I really like your Pista Concept - cool bike. Nice build too on the road bike, glad it came together so nice.
My first fixed/single speed bike. Kilo TT. Next upgrade are clipless and Nitto RB002s
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Thanks, and yes. The only two forums I really participate on are MacRumors and BF.
Anyway, nice kilo! Those upgrades will be nice as well.